How To Be Awesome At Everything

How to be awesome at not leaving crumbs. Today's podcast is all about making good decisions everyday. Lindsay heard this in a graduation ceremony speech that Matthew McConaughey gave and it instantly stuck with her.

A crumb is anything that is residual from a decision that you've made… that keeps you up at night or stresses you out. It could be things like telling someone a little white lie and having to remember to keep it going… or getting into serious debt to live a certain lifestyle then or gossiping about someone and then worrying that they will find out. Things that keep you looking over your shoulder or add a level of stress to your life.

Here's the hack! When making decisions, choose what will not leave crumbs in your life.

Today we are talking about this very practical way to keep yourself making the best decisions you can each day.

Here are some things Lindsay talks about:

-Crumbs are the choices that we make that make us have to look over our shoulder in the future."

-The guy you didn't pay back and now he's sitting 3 rows behind you in the movie theater.

-You drank too much last night and you're too hungover to drive your

-They come in the form of regret and stress later on!!

-They cause you to lose sleep!

-Leave you with uneasy feelings.

-Create more outcomes that pay us back- keep your fire lit- turn your fire on.

Here are a few examples that Lindsay talks about:

-Procrastinate on something

-Treat someone badly

-Gossip about someone - then they don't respond to your text and you think they are mad at you… it's a residual from a choice you made.

-Being unfaithful in your relationship on vacation - maybe you think it will never come back- but it will always be in the back of your mind if it does.

-Study for your test so you aren't cramming the night before

-Pay your debts on time

-Don't tell the little white lies

-Pay your taxes the right way

-Don't drink too much

-Don't cheat on your exams

-Stealing at your job or from someone

-Taking on big debt for things you don't need

-Paying to get your kids into college!!

This podcast is about habits. Lindsay is obsessed with reading about what makes us do things over and over.

We're talking about things that you might consider good habits and bad habits. Things that propel you towards happiness and productivity and other things that you are trying.

Lindsay says she's so into this because what she's really seen in her life is that success is the product of your daily habits- more than your big goals or your motivation or some life transformation moment.

Bottom line, if you want to get better results… setting up a new system will give you a better outcome, than goal setting.

So today, we are going to talk about how to do more of this with one easy hack. We're making it easy to do more of what you want to and make it harder to do things you don't want to do!

The topic of habits is a big one - it's really what we do all day.

So we have many podcasts coming on this topic. Lindsay talks about how it's fascinating and honestly it's life changing.

You know she loves a hack!! Break it down for me, make it practical and easy to add into my daily life.

Here are of how you can use this in your life:

-Put out tee-ball supplies if you want to practice with your little one more

-Lay out your vitamins

-Have your water pre-made and out

-Put out your juicer or your healthy breakfast making ingredients

-Charge your phone in the bathroom, not next to your bed if you want to scroll less at night

Lindsay talks about how motivation is overrated!! Our environment often affects us more.

Make cues of good habits obvious in your environment!

Here's why….

-When you're busy it reminds you

-It's harder to forget or avoid when it's in front of you

-It's hard to remember all the things!!

Here's how…

-Make it simple!

-Make it obvious!

Lindsay talks about the Law Of Least Effort. It says that we will gravitate towards the option that requires the least amount of work. Even if we are a hard worker!

So… make it easy!! Prime your environment to make future actions easier!

CHEERS! To building new good habits and breaking bad habits by changing up your environment so it supports what you want more or less of in your life!

Today we are talking about one of my favorite ways to get in lots of great veggies and fruits and vitamins and minerals and live enzymes and phytonutrients. We're talking about smoothies. A fast food that you can pack with so many great ingredients and make it super delicious at the same time.

Lindsay did a full deep dive in researching the very BEST ingredients to put in a smoothie and which we think might be good, but we should actually limit or avoid completely.

We're talking about the best non-dairy milk alternatives that don't have any gums or additives in them and the cleanest collagen, protein and bone broth powders too.

We're taking about nut butters and all the seeds- chia seeds, hemp seeds and flax seeds and why you should have all of them in your pantry.

So, it's all packed in here. What Lindsay has gathered from researching lots of nutritionists findings on everything healthy smoothie related.

Smoothies are a such a great way to get in your veggies and fruits! Think of it mostly as a "green smoothie" with as many veggies as you can.

In this episode we are talking about how to incorporate the most nutrient-dense ingredients into your smoothies.

The best fruits to add:

Banana

Frozen berries

For a bit more sweetness- mango & pineapple

The best veggies to add:

ALL of them… especially spinach!

Best ways to thicken it up:

Almond butter

Peanut butter

Avocado

Organic chickpeas

Frozen cauliflower

Frozen zucchini

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Non-dairy CLEAN milks:

*most have gums and other gross additives*

These are the yummies and cleanest

MALK Unsweetened Organic Almond Milk or Cashew Milk

Thrive Market Organic Oat Beverage or Almond Beverage

Oatly Oatmilk Lowfat Chilled

Three Trees Organic Unsweetened Almond Milk

New Barn Unsweetened Almond Milk

Natural Value Coconut Milk

Whole Foods 365 Organic Unsweetened Almond Milk

Simple Truth Organic Unsweetened Almond Milk

Califia Farms Organic Almond Homestyle Nutmilk

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The best natural sweeteners:

Dates

Gogi berries

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Mulberries

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To make it interesting:

Cocoa nibs

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Cinnamon

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Cocao powder

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Seeds:

Hemp Seeds

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Chia Seeds

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Flax Seeds

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Favorite powders:

Chocolate Collagen Peptides

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Unflavored Collagen:

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Chocolate Bone Broth Protein:

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Vanilla Bone Broth Protein:

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So many ideas for making really filling and delicious and nutrient filled smoothies in this one. Hope you enjoy!

HAPPY SMOOTHIE MAKING!!

This episode is all about not living a distracted life.

Doing things with intention and powering through difficult or uncomfortable tasks, rather than putting them off or getting sidetracked.

We are facing more distractions than EVER today so Lindsay is getting to the root of what distractions really are and how we can actually avoid distractions in our lives so we can move forward on things that matter to us and send less time jumping around from thing to thing.

Lindsay talks about how she wanted to learn about our relationships and how distractions pay into them and how they affect them. She admits that this is a work in progress for her, not something that she has mastered.

But that's the point, recognizing what you're currently doing that you want to change, learning from experts about the best ways to do it, then putting an action plan together to make it happen.

Lindsay is sharing all that she's learned about focusing on what's important, having self control to avoid distractions, and how to be happier as a result. How to be awesome at not living a distracted life.

Here are some key points from this podcast:

We are living in the greatest information time ever. We can find things online- so we have less excuses to say "I didn't know how."

Getting ahead with your goals and dreams is not just about making progress towards them and putting your head down and girding hard, it's also about avoiding distractions.

Lindsay talks about podcasts she's done about having a healthy relationship with social media and your phone.. but this takes it a step further.

Whatever it is that you say is important to you in your life- how do you make sure you do those things?

Ok so let's define it.

What is distraction?

The opposite of distraction is traction.

Traction is any action that pulls you towards what you want - something with intent.

Distraction is any action that pulls you away from what you want - often without intent.

This is freeing because it allows you to do what you want to do!!

Let's talk about hobbies and your free time. If you want to play video games or binge watch Netflix, do that! There's nothing wrong with that. Do it in your free time, WITH INTENTION.

Here is what tech does:

It makes us slaves to the "urgent" at the sacrifice of the important when we do this.

2 types of triggers!

External trigger- anything in your environment that distracts you- its not always bad.

An alarm on your phone could remind you to go to the gym.

But a notification could also interrupt quality time.

Thats moving you towards distraction.

Internal trigger- most distraction starts here.

The root cause of why we get distracted is because we are trying to avoid discomfort.

That's the main reason we do most things. You eat when you are hungry, you stop when you are full. You put a jacket on when you are cold, you take it off when you are inside and too hot.

When you are feeling lonely, you check IG.

When you are doing something hard thats tedious, you check the news or the sports scores.

We have to deal with this fact- we are trying to escape something uncomfortable.

If we don't understand this, we will always be distracted:

And learn new methods to cope with it! This is essential for change.

We are so uncomfortable doing nothing, we need some kind of sensation.

It's good to get bored!! This makes us get up and get out and learn new things or discover something new or start a business… that desire for more.

I think the answer is to figure out how to push towards traction not distraction.

If the brain feels discomfort, and wants to avoid it, it forms a habit around this.

We have 2 choices:

We either fix the discomfort or create tactics that we can use for things we can't solve.

One thing that doesn't work is strict removal of the thing completely. For many behaviors this totally backfires. You know when you do a super super restricted diet, then you end up over indulging the other direction? You're releaving the discomfort.

It's all about SELF CONTROL. And that's hard!

So here's the hack- give it 10 minutes. Psychologists call it "surfing the urge." Emotions are like waves… so you can surf the urges. Make yourself just wait 10 minutes. Lindsay talks about doing this when she's going to over eat at night. Try not to give into the initial urge but give it a beat.

So for 10 minutes, feel the sensation, don't judge yourself, try to get back to the task at hand. Don't check your email instead of writing that blog post, just keep powering through for 10 minutes and see how you feel. Just that act of self control will help so much.

You don't have to answer that email or text right away. Because in doing so, you can lose focus all day.

Put your phone on silent or put it away if you can. Or just be able to have it around but not give into the reply of it.

It's great to let your mind wander!

We wrap up talking about how you can have more meaningful and deep relationships without all the distractions.

Let Lindsay know what you thought about this episode and how you are going to live a less distracted life! Ping her on IG @LindsaysCloud.

Thanks for listening!

Today, we're talking about the worst of the worst additives in foods in this episode!

Lindsay took a deep dive and I'm bringing to you today a full list of ingredients that I think you should avoid eating and why you should avoid each one and what foods they are commonly found in.

She went to the experts on this one to really form a complete list- and a list that you can remember! This is not a massive list of every possible additive because that wouldn't be effective- you would never remember it all. These are ingredients we see all the time, but we probably aren't sure if they are harmful to us, or how much so, and why.

Colorings- Blue 1, Red 3, Red 40, Yellow 5 and Yellow 5

Oils- Canola Oil, Corn Oil, Cottonseed Oil, Soybean Oil

All the others!

Artificial flavors

Artificial sweeteners

Aspartame

Carmel Color

Carrageenan

Cellulose

Citric Acid

Corn Syrup

Dextrose

Enriched flour & bleached flour

Erythritol

Gums! (Gellan, Locust Bean & Gar)

High fructose corn syrup

Fructose or fructose syrup

MSG

Natural flavors

Partially hydrogenated oils (artificial trans fats)

Sucralose

Stevia extract

Tapioca starch

Titanium dioxide

Vanillin

Lindsay breaks down what these ingredients really are and which we should completely avoid and which we should just watch out for and why.

We're talking about learning how to read an ingredient label and actually know what it means and know what is in the foods you are eating.

Knowledge is power- especially when it comes to food! We have to be informed to make our own decisions about what we want to eat and what we want to feed our families.

The FDA is behind on lots of things that studies show should be banned, so we must take it upon ourselves to know what additives are in our food and how they could affect our bodies.

CHEERS! To eating food that makes us feel awesome!!

In this episode, Lindsay is sharing a personal story that took her actual life perspective and shook it up a bit.

Your perspective on life determines how you relate to people, how you handle relationships and conflicts, and how you live day-to-day.

It's the most important.

But then why are we often walking around with a perspective that doesn't make sense.

Picture something that you're upset about or you're losing sleep over.

Now picture - the worst- you get a call that someone you love was hit by a bus. That shit means nothing now.

Lindsay says, "if someone asks me how I'm doing these days, even if shit is going bonkers all around me, I say I'm doing awesome, because I didn't get a call today that one of people closest to me is sick or hurt."

She explains that she's not saying if it's not cancer it's not allowed to stress you out, she's just trying to share the perspective shake up that she experienced.

Lindsay tells the story of her visit to City Of Hope and how it changed her perspective on what is worth worrying about.

Lindsay talks often about The Subtle Art of Not Giving an F all the time- but this is a bit different.

This is about having a clear perspective of what's worth getting upset/sad/worked up/depressed over, and letting go of the rest of it.

Sometimes things matter, until something that really matters happen.

Care about nothing except for the health of the people you love the most.

You know who says all of this best? Gary V.

Say you're being sued and that's super stressing or you run a business and you worry that your employees hate you, or you're holding on to something that a former friend or spouse did to you, or are worried about losing an account at work, or mad that someone stepped on your toes in some way, or someone gossiped about you and it came back to you…

That's way better than someone you love being hit by a bus tomorrow.

But we don't act like that.

It's hard to get upset about anything else besides that.

That's what's worth being upset about and everything else is awesome.

Lindsay says, "I'm not saying you can't be upset about these things, I'm just asking you to think… is it worth it???"

Your perspective determines so much in your life. Lindsay thinks it's worth looking at together.

Is there someone in your life that you are extra grateful for at this moment? It could be a friend or your spouse or a teacher or a doctor or maybe someone was just extra kind lately or maybe you have someone in your life that really means a lot to you that you feel like doing something special for…

Well, this podcast is all about giving a spontaneous gratitude gift for someone or a few people that you are extra grateful for.

We usually think about gifts and making people feel appreciated in December during the holiday season.

Lindsay talks about how she absolutely LOVES a sort of out-of-the-blue, spring style, gratitude gift. It's a fun time to do it with the transition of seasons and there are just so many ideas of things you can give.

We're talking about things you can make or buy, some simple and inexpensive and others are more elaborate. There is something for every person and every budget and for however much time you want to put into it.

Today, we are talking about hitting pause on life to put together a little something special for someone you are grateful for.

Here are the items Lindsay mentions in this podcast!

Crafty Gratitude Gift:

For Making Produce Bags:

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Hang Tags:

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ALLLL the fresh fruits & veggies!!

PLUS these healthy packaged snacks:

Perfect Food Bars:

(Put 2 or so in each bag)

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Organic Mulberries:

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Cauliflower Puffs:

(Mini bags)

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Siete Tortilla Chips:

(Mini bags)

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Healthiest Yummy Chocolate:

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Delish Pecan Butter:

(Something fun & different to try!)

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Ready To Go Gratitude Gifts!

Bunny pancake maker!

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Skincare travel set:

(To try this awesome brand or use for travel! The best SPF & serum!)

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Bunny spoon rest:

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Spring candle set:

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Favorite ever ever cozy blush blanket:

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HAPPY SPRING!!

This is a fun Friday podcast all about St. Patrick's Day and a TON of ideas of how you can make it fun at home for your kids!

Lindsay is talking about activities like making a scavenger hunt with clues and little prizes. And making a leprechaun trap with your kids the night before and her favorite… the green foot prints on the toilet with the green water.

Lindsay is also sharing lots of fun food ideas like making all green food that day and Lucky Charms EVERYTHING, green eggs and ham & jello… or jello shots if you prefer!

Whether you want to do one special thing or a bunch of festive things… or you want to make a big thing of it or keep it simple, this podcast has ideas for all of it.

This year, more than ever, little special celebrations are the best.

Lindsay also loves it because it's awesome to take ordinary things and making them special and memorable. And that's exactly what we are doing here!

Activity ideas:

💚 Scavenger Hunt

Go on Pinterest and print out or make your own!

💚 Set a trap the night before

A little box, or make with legos, so many ways!

💚 Leprechaun toilet!!

Green foot prints & green water!

Food ideas:

💚 All the food is green!

💚 Baked Potato Bar

💚 Lucky Charms EVERYTHING!

💚 Green eggs & ham

💚 Green jello shots (adults and kids)

💚 Gold coins!

Here are links to items Lindsay mentions:

Black Pots for Scavenger Hunt:

Get 1 for each child!

Comes with 12 small (each will be a clue) and 1 large for the end!

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Food coloring:

(To make the toilet water green & any fun foods that day)

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Chocolate Coins:

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Bingo Game:

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Bulk assorted St. Patty's Day Candy:

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Sprinkles!!

(For breakfast, treats or decoration)

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Lucky Charms treats!

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💚 Fun Prizes:

Rubber Duckies

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Green Slime

(Because the slime phase will neverrrrr end 😭)

https://amzn.to/2OdM1df

In this episode, Lindsay shares her secret for giving extra thoughtful gifts, for having themed outfits for holidays or really anything else that seems like she's on top of… it's all because she plans out her month ahead of time.

She's sharing her love for a paper calendar and why she loves a monthly view.

It saves so much time and energy and money!! You'll feel less stressed using this method and less rushed because you've taken care of so anything's ahead of time.

This is a very practical podcast all about using your calendar to plan out your month to make you more efficient and more awesome.

Here are a few points Lindsay talks about:

-Listen to How To Be Awesome At Treating Every Sunday Like It's New Years! That one is all about goal setting and planning and action items to get to where you want to go. This one is more about your life and your lifestyle and your social plans and gifts and events and all that.

-Do things that are quick now, make a big list of things to do later - or items to keep an eye out for.

-Brain dump everything!

-Look at your calendar and make sure it has balance! Date nights and time with friends and time for self care.

-Lindsay says, "If one of my kids needs something - I put a note on the side of the calendar so I keep it in mind.. or I send an email then to plan a playdate, etc."

-If you need time to book fitness/gym… get it on there.

-Make sure everything on there is something you want to be doing (unless you actually really have to).

-Do it when you have actual time to execute things and do it the right way.

-When you think of things ahead of time, pop onto your calendar and put it on the sidebar of that month.

-It's the best for planning vacations or weekend getaways!

-Find your balance of planning enough but not too much.

-Often times you can spend less money and get things you love even more, and spend so much less time getting there.

-Book your dinner reservations - you can always cancel! (But make sure you cancel)Happy calendar planning!

In this episode, Lindsay is sharing some really easy ways to sneak in your greens.

Often we either don't have time, or we don't feel like eating a big pile of spinach. But we know the incredible health benefits from eating plants - especially veggies.

So today, she's sharing her favorite hacks for getting in your greens EVERY. DAY.

We're making it easy and we're getting in the routine of it so it's more automatic and less painful.

Lindsay is breaking down what nutritionalists say are the best veggies for you, which ones you should eat as many as you can get your hands on and which ones you should eat in moderation.

We are talking about glycemic index numbers and which veggies have the least impact on your blood sugar.

It's a podcast all about creative ways to get in your greens, and what you need to know about them.

Here are some of the tips Lindsay shares:

🥦Drink a cold pressed or fresh juiced juice each day.

🥬Morning greens powder!

🥑Afternoon red powder!

🍓Always have veggies steaming! Easiest way to eat veggies as a snack or as a side.

🥬Air fry them, bake them, sautée them.

🥦Prep them, always have some ready or going!

🥑Here are links to products that Lindsay mentions:

Green powder:

https://amzn.to/3sMq0k2

Reds powder:

https://amzn.to/3uHsD8G

Combo back green & reds powder:

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Fresh juice delivery in OC:

https://heyerpowerwellness.com

Steamer:

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Juicer:

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HAPPY HEALTHY GREENS EATING!